Olivier-Winning Musical Operation Mincemeat Now Heads Out on UK Tour

Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It’s London’s biggest hit with 77 Five-Star reviews making it the best-reviewed show in West End history. Now also a Tony-nominated Best Musical on Broadway!

The year is 1943 and right now we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse.

Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. 

Bursting at the seams with the kind of chaos you couldn’t invent, the question is: how did a dead body, a fake love letter, and – of all people – Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler?

“A little show with a very big future.”  David Benedict, Variety

“The Brits have made the year’s funniest musical” Peter Marks, The Washington Post

“A miraculous musical that tells the entire story in a kind of accelerated farce that is part Mel Brooks, part SIX, part Hamilton with a side order of One Man, Two Guvnors.” Neil Norman, The Daily Mirror

“Hilarious tale makes Mincemeat out of its rivals… Before curtain I talked to a fan seeing this for the seventh time. I wondered why anyone would see the same show seven times. Now I know” Neil Armstrong, The Mail On Sunday

CAST

Roshani Abbey Roles: Jean Leslie & Others

Roshani (she/they) trained at the Royal Academy of Music (MA, LRAM), having previously obtained her MSci in Mathematics from Imperial College London.

Geri Allen Roles: Johnny Bevan & Others

Geri trained at East 15 Acting School.

Danny Becker Roles: Hester Leggatt & Others

Danny trained at ArtsEd and The BRIT School.

Chloe Hart Roles: Johnny Bevan & Others

Madeleine Jackson-Smith Roles: Ewen Montagu, Jean Leslie & Others

Madeleine trained at the Royal Academy of Music

George Jennings Roles: Charles Cholmondeley & Others

Jason Kadji Roles: Hester Leggatt & Others

Jason trained at Bird College and The Betty Wivell Academy.

Peter McGovern Roles: Charles Cholmondeley & Others

Peter trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Alex Young Roles: Ewen Montagu & Others